Thursday, July 11, 2019

Thursday, July 11, 2019

And another day of victims, power, subpoenas, silence, bees, and eavesdropping comes to a close:

“We’re going off the rails on a crazy train.” -- Ozzy Osbourne

It Sure Looks Like Jeffrey Epstein Was a Spy—But Whose? “He’d [Acosta] cut the non-prosecution deal with one of Epstein’s attorneys because he had “been told” to back off, that Epstein was above his pay grade. “I was told Epstein ‘belonged to intelligence’ and to leave it alone,” he told his interviewers in the Trump transition, who evidently thought that was a sufficient answer and went ahead and hired Acosta. (The Labor Department had no comment when asked about this.)” Wait, what? Holy shit.

3 alleged victims are mentioned in the indictment against Jeffrey Epstein. There are dozens more.

Jeffrey Epstein's attorneys propose home detention at his $77 million mansion ahead of bail hearing.

Trump’s latest morning of tweets was off the rails, even by his standards. Insults, lies, gaslighting, authoritarian threats — all before the coffee even hit.

Trump issued an executive order directing the Commerce Department to obtain citizenship data through means other than the US census, dropping a controversial plan to include a citizenship question on the 2020 census after the Supreme Court blocked it.

Nationwide immigration raids to arrest and deport families with court-ordered removals will begin on Sunday.

Speaker Nancy Pelosi reads from a "Know Your Rights" sheet during a press conference as major cities across the U.S. brace for sweeping deportation raids this weekend.

Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York suggested that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has been "singling out" freshman congresswomen of color.

House Judiciary Committee votes to authorize subpoenas targeting current and former Trump administration officials. They’re approving subpoenas for 12 Mueller witnesses.

The Obamas' silence on Joe Biden is deafening. Yes. Yes it is.

Warren's new U.S. immigration policy would end border crossing as a crime.

The world's population is nearing 8 billion. That's not great news. It took thousands of years for the global population to hit 5 billion, which happened in 1987. Some 32 years later, we're closing in on 8 billion. And by 2050, the world is projected to add another 2 billion people.

World Population Day: These are the countries where women outnumber men the most.

Conspiracy theorists, far-right agitators head to White House with social media in their sights.

White House hosts social media summit without social media companies. The summit is basically a way for the Trump administration, yet again, to seize on the uncorroborated narrative that big tech and social media companies are engaged in some coordinated conspiracy against them. It lets conservatives fire up supporters, but in terms of accomplishing much, well, it probably won’t.

Trump rips tech firms at 'free speech' summit.

Increasing Support for Religiously Based Service Refusals. Holy cow these numbers are disgusting. Religion is often used as nothing more than a cover to express one’s hatred of others while simultaneously stroking the feeling of superiority among the oppressor.

“Allowing yourself to feel your righteous anger about the state of the country your kids are growing up in — no matter what cause may be fueling your passion — makes you more powerful, not less.”

Numerous charities say they never received donations touted by financier and registered sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

School by day, assembly line by night: How teachers in South Carolina make ends meet.

Honeybees are getting hit by the Trump administration, as the US Department of Agriculture suspended data collection for its annual Honey Bee Colonies report, a critical tool for understanding the plummeting honeybee population. Um, no bees will leave us in trouble.

New Orleans faces a never-before-seen problem with Tropical Storm Barry.

The climate change policy with the most potential is the most neglected. Public clean energy R&D is overlooked and underfunded.

If you like women's soccer, you should know about Title IX.

How seizures can kill people with epilepsy in their sleep.

Google admits workers listen to recordings from some smart device.

Amazon wants to retrain a third of its US workforce to adapt to an economy increasingly disrupted by automation and new technology.

Toxic plant that causes blindness, 3rd degree burns spotted in Clark County (WA).

NFL player asks 'If the sun is hot how is outer space cold?' OMG this Twitter exchange.

Life’s short. Live, love, create, and help others.

Until next time, my friends. Good night.


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